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0 tipping point. i mean, i am so proud of democrats. every single democrat who stood shoulder to shoulder with poor and working families in this country, who just want a meal. and republicans really deep sixed them today. >> you had a question during today's floor debate, a parliamentary question about an amendment that had been proposed. this is one of my favorite amendments. that would stop members of congress from receiving payments through the farm subsidy program. what ended up happening to that amendment? >> well, what i wanted is for the republicans actually to operate with transparency and with accountability and actually prohibit members of congress who get farm subsidies, who get taxpayer subsidies, who are financed by taxpayers from voting on legislation that would financially benefit them. >> there are several members of congress -- >> there are a number of members of congress who receive taxpayer subsidies and they voted on the bill that would benefit them today. it was outrageous. >> do you think what we are seeing here is the logical conclusion of a house republican caucus that really has cemented in its mind the mitt romney 47% makers and takers framework who really do see the 45 million folks that are struggling to get by, that are beneficiaries of s.n.a.p. as essentially layabouts, or they're going to lay in the hammock of the social safety net? >> i think we heard it from their own mouths today. i mean, the representative sessions actually described those hardworking americans as extraneous. and i did a hash tag, #extraneous to the farm bill as though somehow you really could separate farm from food for hungry people. and so they said it out of their own words. we didn't have to make it up today. they said it on the floor of the house of representatives. they said to 47 million americans across the country, we're not going to feed you even though we know you're hungry, and yet we're going to subsidize both ourselves and big corporate farming interests across this country. >> what, then, happens to these folks? i mean, today was an outrage. it was precedent breaking. what is next? i mean, there are so many people in this country that are dependent upon this program. what is the next move here? >> well, and, you know, oddly enough, many of those people who are dependent on these programs are from the congressional districts of members who voted for this outreach today. and so i think that, you know, those families who are receiving food stamps, school nutrition programs, meals on wheels, all across this country, our seniors, are disabled, need to stand up in those congressional districts because i'm going to tell you something. it's not really the people in my congressional district who benefit the most from these programs. >> right. >> it's the people in those congressional districts from kentucky and missouri and alabama and all across this country. and they need to stand up to their legislators who voted today to say to 47 million families, hardworking, i mean, most of the families who are actually receiving these benefits go to work every day, chris. they contribute every day. they are part of the fabric of this country. >> and they are not a part of the fabric as far as the house republican caucus was concerned today. >> that's right. >> congresswoman donna edwards. thank you so much. joining me now, steve el list from taxpayers for common sense. federal budget watchdog group. steve, you followed this bill more closely than anyone i know and have been e-mailing me for a week, tearing your hair out saying i cannot tell you how terrible this is. it's worse than you could have imagined. why is it so bad? what did the house republicans do with this bill? >> well first off, chris, i mean, one thing is we have not been -- we actually do think separating the two is not necessarily a bad idea because i think the log rolling that's gone on has inhibited reform in both areas. that doesn't mean we're saying we shouldn't go ahead with s.n.a.p., and maybe gone ahead with s.n.a.p. first. the ag portion, the ag safety net is really a hammock for farmers. we just had the worst drought in a generation and we had one of the best farm income years in history. and so you realize that this is really not a safety net. it's really propping them up. we're guaranteeing farmers up to 80% of revenue today. this bill would actually add in these new shallow loss programs that would provide insurance up to 90% of revenue. i mean, what american wouldn't have wanted a deal like that? we're bringing back countercyclical policies where we're setting target prices, where we're going to make sure that the commodities don't go below that. >> here's what i'm hearing from you. >> yeah. >> the way the programs work is, look, we all as americans face risks. people lose their jobs in the service sector all the time. the way this farm program works is the government pays for insurance, essentially, to make sure you don't lose more than 10% of your income in a given year. >> exactly. there's a little bit that comes from the farmers, but more than 60% of the crop insurance comes from us. and so, yeah, there's almost -- we've removed risk from agriculture. it is a purely profit-making going right now. >> and i'm sure i'll just say this, there are millions of service workers in this country making minimum wage, $8, $9, $10, folks we were talking about yesterday in d.c. who are maybe going to work at those walmart stores. i'm sure everyone would love a federal subsidized insurance on their income to make sure from year to year if there was a disruption, they would not lose too much. >> absolutely. then what made this bill, the one they rolled out at 8:00 p.m. last night -- >> 600-page bill they rolled out at 8:00 p.m. and voted on today. let me be clear about this. a 600-page bill they rolled out at 8:00 p.m. yesterday and voted on today. yes. >> absolutely. they told all of their conference it's exactly the same as what was amended at the end that failed last month. but when we looked at the bill, because we actually do read the bills, and we found in there that they essentially made this permanent law. all the bill before it was expiring in 2018. actually this is going to be the law of the land in perpetuity. >> wait a second. you're telling me a month ago they had those provisions that were going to sunset. voted on today, told their own caucus there were no changes but in fact lied about it and things that were going to sunset permanent in perpetuity. >> they repealed what used to make the farm bill go, we'd have to -- so they repealed that then they made this bill permanent. instead of having a not so great thing of having the thread of the -- >> these subsidies are locked in forever. >> exactly. 2013 becomes this permanent fiscal nightmare for taxpayers. >> steve ellis from taxpayers for common sense. thank you so much. >> thank you, chris. all right. coming up, second-degree murder or manslaughter? 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